Improvement in velocipedes



0. 0. KERR. Velooipede.

No. 198,627. Patented Dec. 25,1871.

".FETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D 6 UN TED STATES PATENTOEEIoE.

cHRIsToPHER o. KERR, OF oARrHAeE, ASSIGNOR T0 JAMEs N. HAWORTH,

- OF ALBA, MIssoU I.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'VELOCIPEDES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 198,627, dated December25, 1877 application filed June 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER G. KERR, of Carthage, in the county ofJasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Velocipedes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a velocipede, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view, Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is adetail view of a part, of my improved velocipede.

The frame of my velocipede is composed of a single upright arched bar,A, in the rear, from near the lower ends of which extend two curved sidebars, B B,having their front ends united together. Two other side bars,0 0, project from the arms of the arched bar A, and have their frontends curved downward and fastened to the side bars B on the top,

near the front ends.

E is the seat, supported upon the side bars O by spring-arms a a.

The ends of the arched bar A are provided with suitable .boxes, in whichthe axle D is placed, said axle having the Wheels G G se- 1 cured on itsends;

lazy-tongs, near the front end, is extended on both sides; or a pin maybe passed at any point through one of the levers, and on the endsthereof are placed friction-rollers b b, which work in the slottedarmsof a forked 1ever, J, and this lever is pivoted in a cross-barconnecting the side bars 0 O at such point that a person seated on theseat E can easily Work the same backward and forward.

The front ends of the side bars B B are connected by any suitableswivel-joint with the center of the front axle L, which has the wheels LL secured on its ends. To this axle is also connected a forked lever, Lwhich ex- 7 lazy-ton gs I, and lever J, all arranged in a velocipede, asand for the purposes herein set forth.

2. A velocipede, consisting of the frame A B O, with seat E, rearcrank-axle D, with wheels G, lazy-tongs I, lever J, front axle L, wheelsL and lever L all constructed substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

. CHRISTOPHER O. KERR.

Witnesses THos N. HARPER, D. W. ATKINSON.

